Prepare Your Plumbing for Cold

Each year, winter sweeps over the Great Canadian North chilling the pipes and ruining the plumbing of Ottawan homeowners. Fortunately, there are certain steps that can be taken to prepare any pipes for the cold winter season.

Repair any leaks you may have noticed

When you notice a leak, the time to act is sooner rather than later. Neglecting a leak can cause extensive damages that are exponentially more expensive to fix in the long run.

Insulate all of your piping

When pipes freeze they expand and cause structural cracks as well as other costly damages. Ottawa Plumbing specialists from John the Plumber can help you install wrapping pipes with electrical heating tape to prevent this from happening.

Protect your outdoor hose bibs

To prevent water from freezing over in your hose, empty and insulate it at the start of every winter.

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Other preventative measures that homeowners can take include sealing any gaps of cold air in the home, maintaining a consistent temperature of 20 degrees Celsius or higher, and thawing off any pipes with a hair dryer should the inevitable happen.

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